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Gerardus Mercator: Father of Modern Mapmaking (Signature Lives: Scientific Revolution series) (Signature Lives)
Gerardus Mercator Father of Modern Mapmaking - Signature Lives: Scientific Revolution series - Signature Lives
Author: Heinrichs, Ann
Sixteenth-century geographer Gerardus Mercator was born in 1512 in Rupelmonde, Flanders. He lived during a time of religious strife and for a time was imprisoned for heresy. Mercator began his career as a maker of mathematical instruments, but he won lasting renown with his world map of 1569, which introduced a new way of showing the spherical e...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780756533120
ISBN-10: 0756533120
Publication Date: 1/1/2008
Pages: 112
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Compass Point Books
Book Type: Library Binding
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